THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING

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THE NEXT QUESTIONS ARE BASED ON THE FOLLOWING:
The quality of computer disks is measured by sending the disks through a certifier which counts the number of missing pulses.A certain brand of computer disks averages 0.1 missing pulse per disk.Let the random variable X denote the number of missing pulses.
-Find the probability neither of the next two disks inspected will contain any missing pulse.

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